World Not Ready for Coronavirus Outbreak, Says Canadian WHO Expert

World Not Ready for Coronavirus Outbreak, Says Canadian WHO Expert
Bruce Aylward, head of the WHO-China Joint Mission on COVID-19 speaks at a press conference about the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, in Beijing, on Feb. 24, 2020. Matthew Knight/AFP via Getty Images
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A renowned Canadian epidemiologist who led a team of experts to China to study the novel coronavirus on behalf of the World Health Organization says other countries are not ready for a global outbreak.

Dr. Bruce Aylward returned from a two-week mission to China, including the city of Wuhan where the spread of the coronavirus began, urging other countries to get ready for a potential outbreak within their own borders as soon as possible.